What do we take from ‘rebel’ MP Hone Harawira winning his by-election? … Even with a ‘slashed’ majority — from 6,000 to 867.
Wait and see. Let the punditry begin.
It must certainly be a victory sweetened by the decision by the Electoral Commission to register his new party, meaning he will be a ‘leader’ of his one MP party in Parliament, and more significantly, mean he can claim more taxpayer funding “as the leader of a party than as an independent MP.”
Oh boy.
A good bit of political analysis from John Armstrong in the NZ Herald…
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502981&objectid=10734620
Well, just saw this … from Martyn ‘Bomber’ Bradbury, which is an interesting take on the Harawira win and punditry around it…
[…] I haven’t paid a lot of attention to Martyn Bradbury’s politico-media career until now, but it’s election year so why not? I’ve got to say, from what I’ve seen and read so far, I find him really entertaining, he delivers the left-wing message with passion and gusto (all good) … and he’s ‘out there’ in almost a stand-up comedy, Te Radar kind of way way. Good stuff. I linked to his show here. […]